Officers of the SBU Main Department of Counter-Intelligence Protection of the State's economic interests exposed in cooperation with the Public Prosecutor's Office the mechanism of embezzling budget funds allocated for the psychological rehabilitation of the veterans.

The SBU operatives established that the director of the sanatorium complex in the Ternopil region embezzled the large amount of the budget funds allocated to the medical institution in the framework of implementing the budget program. About 100 veterans had undergo a course of psychological rehabilitation due to this sum.

According to the results of the investigative actions, the director was served a notice of suspicion in committing the crime stipulated by Part 2 Article 366 and Part 4 Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The investigative actions are under way.

The SBU during the measures aimed at preventing and removing the threats to the national interests of the state in the military sphere, in particular, regarding the social protection of the military servicemen and the ATO combatants, uncovered several facts of embezzling budget funds directed for the psychological rehabilitation of the Joint Forces Operation combatants (ATO), organized by the officials of sanatorium- resort complexes and the State Service of Ukraine of War Veterans and ATO Combatants.

The SBU officers continue to implement a set of measures aimed at preventing the embezzling state funds allocated for the needs of the combatants of the Joint Forces Operation, in particular, for the budget program the “Measures for the psychological rehabilitation of the victims of the ATO”.